In June 2017, automobile manufacturer BMW announced plans to invest $600 million to expand production at its South Carolina plant. BMW apparently felt that it would better be able to compete and create value with a U.S.-based facility. In fact, BMW expected to export 70 percent of the vehicles produced in South Carolina. Also in 2017, noted Taiwanese iPhone supplier Foxconn announced plans to build a $10 billion plant in Wisconsin, and Chinese tire manufacturer Wanli Tire Corp. announced plans to build a $1 billion plant in South Carolina. What are some of the reasons that foreign manufacturers of products as diverse as automobiles, cell phones, and tires might arrive at this same conclusion?